Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-14
LOCAL AND. GENERAL.

LOCAL AND. GENERAL. |
The rcxt U. P. Synod will meet in Butler |
on tie last Tuesday Of Sept, 1885.
The Water Co. is putting lines down on |
w. Pearl, E. Penn and S. Mexican SITS.
The reported sale of the lease and furni- |
ture of the yogeley House, fell through.
S. P. Irvine & Co., have sold their
leases in the Jefferson Centre district to
Aiken Co.
Mr.. Harvey Miller has moved into his |
new house on S. Mexican st. and the Bishops |
into Harvey's former house on North st.
Mr.. A. J. Rarer of Clarion county, was
visiting his daughters Mrs. N. w. Mays, |
and A. X. Klngensmith of Butler las week.
Mr.. Philip Summer of Zelienople, was
lately robbed OF $3.50 in gold which he had |
concealed in an old frui. can In his cellar.
Hon. Jesse Harper of Illinois speaks in
Butler to- morrow night in the interest of the |
Union Labor party.
The Prohib.ionists will not find fault |
with the moon for getting full twice this
month.
Mr.. Parkin, the Spriugdale butcher, has
rented his market for store-room, ana Will
build another market
What is known as the Golden we'll in the
Jefferson Centre district struck an unusually |
strong vein of gas last Tuesday morning and
drilling had to be discontinued.
Baruum & Co.'S rubber-skinned man got on
stare" in Pittsburg and was badly used up, |
end the show dropped him in Butler to re-
cuperate.
-Renfrew Academy closed its Fall term
last Saturday, with eighty.two students en-
rolled said to be the largest attendance In
the county. Winter term begins Nov. lst
See notice.
There will be Communion services in
Portersville IT, P. Church on the 4th Sab
bath of Oct. Rev. David McCaw of Kittan-
ming will assist the pastor, Rev. Clark.
Prof. R. J. Lamb has been appointed or
eanist and choir master of st. Peters German
Catholic Church Of Batter, and the congre-
cation now enjoys rare musical treat every
Sunday.
A we'll owned by Butler and Pittsburg
parties was struck on the headwaters of
Brush Creek in Marshall twp, Allegheny
county. last Saturday, and is doing from 80
to 40 barrels.
Communion services will be held in the
Reformed Church of Butler. next Sunday at
IL AN. Preparatory service Saturday at
PM. The pastor will be assisted by Rev.
Prof. w. w. Deatrick, A. NJ, of Rimersburg,
Clarion Co.. Pa.
New buildings greet the eye in all parts
of Butler The Plate Glass Co.'S forty new
houses will be located pretty well up the ill
in Springdale, and east of the old Boyd home
stead, ard as many more single houses are
being built in different parts OF the town.
According to the decision Of the Supreme
Court OF Pennsylvania, in the case of Cessna
ct al vs.. Everett Glass CompaDy's Estate,
mechanics lien, although duly docketed,
does not, unless indexed, affect bona fide
purchaser or mortgage without notice.
"A Protected Home Circle has been organ
ized in Butler, also Chautauqua Literary
Circle So many things are being started
that will take people from their homes even
ines, that bye and bye they will forget where
they live.
Mr.. Philip Snyder of Clinton twp, has
nine acres of potatoes this year which will
run at least $50 bushels to the acre. They
are in rolling gravelly ground that was top.
dressed. Mr J. r. Smith of N. Mexican ST.,
was exhibiting a two-pound potato On our
streets last Saturday, which was raised on his
lot.
The base ball season ended last Saturday
with the clubs of the League standing in the
following order: Detroit, Philadelphia,
Chicago, New York. Boston, Pittsburg,
Washington aa1 indianapolis. 1t was q
good season for all the organic itio1s Tnis
Nation meyer spent more money in amuse-
ments, and pleasure travelling than it did
last summer.
The wife Of a Frenchman named Joseph
Mercie who moved to Butler three weeks ago
and lived in house near the West Penn
depot died last Saturday, and was buried
Monday in the Catholic cemetery. He can't
talk English and all he could say to the un
dertaker was, woman dead"
The railroad horror in Indiana last Mon
day night, when heavy freight train on the
Chicago & Atlantic II. R., ran into the rear
end of passenger train, at q water tank, by
which several persons were killed and sew
eral more burned to death, seems to have
been the result of criminal carelessness on
the part of the tranmen.
What NAV be an important discovery
was made in this town a day or two ago, and
that was that some kind of an insect has been
stiDging the new growth of the finer varieties
Of grape vines, and that the eggs so dispOsit-
ed have hatched into small white worms
which eat tic hearts of the vines and kill
them. 1t might be well for all persons rails
ing fine grapes, to examine their vines, and
if they discover branches full of worms and
dust to cut them off and burn them.
Monday was one of the most perfect days
of its kind-misty and muddy. The mist
made it dubious as to whether you should
carry an umbrella, and the mud was not
very deep, excepting where they are building
on Main St., and where they amt building
on some other streets-ain't building side
walks. 1t was unpleasant weather, but it
was all there Yves, and the man who has all
there il and the best there Is to be had,
ought not to be unhappy.
The 2:50 train On the P. & w., ran into
a wagon loaded with pumpkins few days
ago at the McCalmont crossing The wagon
was being driven by man named Beers, the
doubletrees broke and Beers was jerked out
of danger, and up the hill by the frightened
horses at q lively gait, but the pumpkins were
scattered around rromiscuously: 1t is said
that Beers passed through the ordeal in per-
feet silence, that he didn't swear bit. He
was in the position of the man who was going
up bill with a load of apples, when some
boys OF ened the tail lboard aud lie. the apples
loli out and down the hill. He didn't swear
swearing wouldn't nave done justice to the
occasion.
AT the NJ. i. Conference in New Brigh-
ton, Monday, Rev. s. II. Nesbit was reap.
pointed to the Butler charge, D. J.. Johnston
10 Brownsville, X. S. Ross to Emory, j. T.
Wright TO Fieeport, +. c. Hughes to Har-
mony, w. X. Stiffy to Prospect, and J. Dillon
is 10 supply Unionvle. Rev. T. N. Eaton
was appointed Presiding Elder Of the Ale-
gheny District, Rey. r. r. Taylor member
OF the Beaver Quarterly Conference, and
Rev. A. L. Long, Professor in Robert College
at Conslsntinople, Turkey. Rev. s. w. Nc
Curdy was appointed to Grafton charge in
Pitttburg district Rev. \. w. Mckee to
New Cumberland, w. Va, Rev. w. p.
Turner goes to Uniontown, and Rev. D..
Crpps supplies Plumville.